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calefactory

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cal⋅e⋅fac⋅to⋅ry

  [kal-uh-fak-tuh-ree, -fak-tree] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
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–adjective
1. serving to heat.
–noun
2. a heated parlor or sitting room in a monastery.
Origin:
1530–40; < LL calefactōrius having a warming or heating power, equiv. to L calefac(ere) to make warm (see calefacient ) + -tōrius -tory 1
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calefactory

adjective
serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" 
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